Goal Setting Worksheet: Short and Long-Term Goals

Exam preparation lesson 3: Short-term and long-term goals · Set 314 · 40 questions

Study tip (The ladder and the top): Short-term goal: days or weeks (“read 30 pages this week”). Long-term goal: months or years (“score 90% in Class 10”). Every long-term goal needs a few short-term goals that lead to it — “do well in biology” is a step towards “become a doctor”. Look at your long-term goal every few weeks and pick the next short-term steps.

1. 1.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “play in the state team”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
2. 2.⏳ A short-term goal usually takes… (a) no time at all (b) many years (c) days or weeks (d) a whole lifetime
3. 3.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) solve 5 sums today (b) become a doctor (c) play in the state team (d) finish school with 85%
4. 4.True or false: “finish homework tonight” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “play for the state”. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “finish school with 85%” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “learn 10 words this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
8. 8.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “build a small game” (a) play for the state (b) become a doctor (c) write a storybook (d) build a phone app
9. 9.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “read about first aid” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) become a doctor (d) build a phone app
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) become a doctor (b) play in the state team (c) be fluent in French (d) solve 5 sums today
11. 11.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “jog 3 times this week”? (a) a short-term goal (b) a long-term goal
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) make a poster by Monday (b) jog 3 times this week (c) be fluent in French (d) tidy my desk today
13. 13.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) be fluent in French (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) play in the state team (d) jog 3 times this week
14. 14.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) solve 5 sums today (c) learn to code an app (d) jog 3 times this week
15. 15.True or false: “make a poster by Monday” is a short-term goal (days or weeks). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) build a small game (b) join a coding club (c) learn the body systems (d) practise at the nets
17. 17.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “finish homework tonight”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
18. 18.📆 Arjun wants to read 12 novels this year. A good short-term goal is… (a) one novel a month (b) 12 novels in June (c) only buy novels (d) no reading till Dec
19. 19.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn the body systems” (a) build a phone app (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) become a doctor
20. 20.True or false: “join a coding club” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learn 10 words this week (b) score 90% in Class 10 (c) learn to code an app (d) play in the state team
22. 22.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “become a doctor”? (a) do well in biology (b) build a small game (c) read a novel a week (d) keep a story diary
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tidy my desk today (b) learn 10 words this week (c) become a doctor (d) jog 3 times this week
24. 24.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”? (a) do well in biology (b) read about first aid (c) read a novel a week (d) join a coding club
25. 25.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “learn basic coding” (a) become a doctor (b) write a storybook (c) play for the state (d) build a phone app
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finish homework tonight (b) make a poster by Monday (c) learn 10 words this week (d) write my own novel
27. 27.🪜 How do short-term goals help a long-term goal? (a) they are its steps (b) they replace it (c) they are unrelated (d) they slow it down
28. 28.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “play for the state”? (a) join a coding club (b) join the school team (c) build a small game (d) read about first aid
29. 29.🪜 Which long-term goal does this short-term step help? “do well in biology” (a) write a storybook (b) play for the state (c) build a phone app (d) become a doctor
30. 30.Which of these is a long-term goal (months or years)? (a) read 30 pages this week (b) tidy my desk today (c) make a poster by Monday (d) play in the state team
31. 31.⏳ A long-term goal usually takes… (a) one evening (b) a few minutes (c) one lunch break (d) months or years
32. 32.🔁 How often should you look again at a long-term goal? (a) never (b) once in 10 years (c) only when it fails (d) every few weeks
33. 33.True or false: “practise at the nets” helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔭 Why keep a long-term goal in mind? (a) it ends the work (b) it impresses friends (c) it gives direction (d) it is fun to say
35. 35.True or false: “become a doctor” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which short-term step helps the long-term goal “write a storybook”? (a) read a novel a week (b) run 2 km each morning (c) join the school team (d) read about first aid
37. 37.Which of these is a short-term goal (days or weeks)? (a) learn to code an app (b) play in the state team (c) finish school with 85% (d) finish homework tonight
38. 38.True or false: “build a small game” helps the long-term goal “build a phone app”. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⏳ Short-term or long-term goal: “tidy my desk today”? (a) a long-term goal (b) a short-term goal
40. 40.True or false: “play in the state team” is a long-term goal (months or years). (a) False (b) True

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